Posted on 06/05/2007 10:55:19 AM PDT by K-oneTexas
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How so?
But if we repealed it now, the Senate would lurch left.
It still has to pass the Senate though.
'Works for me. Thanks, K
w, You were right. Didn't I say though I thought is was through the amendment process? It was bad. It was very bad. It should be sent to the cornfield.
As with all Wikipedia articles, do additional reading to protect yourself from any bias that might be in the article. The article has some external links at the bottom.
You're right. They'd probably come up with some stupid Bill promising amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens or try to defund the Iraq war or something.
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That assertion could lead to a fiery debate.I think the 16th -19th are all contenders,with the 14th not far behind.Of course the 18th was repealed,and the 19th should have been part of the repeal package.I don't know what was in the water during that decade.The 19th aqmendment is the one i would overturn if I had my way,even over the income tax.Women and government mix like oil and water."Welcome to kindergarden" is what signs should say greeting visitors to this country.
First the government convinced women to go out and compete against their husbands in the work place,and now we face the specter of federal government officials wasting our time and money discussing "the children".Repeal the 19th amendment!
Good article. I am also a very strong supporter of term limits for ALL elected offices and use of staff/office to seek re-election should be prohibited.
The Bill of Rights itself was hotly debated during the convention and ratifying process.I think we'd have been better off without it.Why,for example,would we prohibit the government from doing what it hasn't the power to do?This could only lead to the assertion that the government has powers that are not explicitly stated in the constitution.And so it has...
Had no other enumeration or definition of the powers of the Congress been found in the Constitution, than the general expressions just cited, the authors of the objection might have had some color for it; though it would have been difficult to find a reason for so awkward a form of describing an authority to legislate in all possible cases. A power to destroy the freedom of the press, the trial by jury, or even to regulate the course of descents, or the forms of conveyances, must be very singularly expressed by the terms "to raise money for the general welfare."Federalist # 41 Madison
You sure you’re a conservative?
I read an interesting paper years ago that said that it would be wise for women not to vote. It basically present these aruguments. Government is at its core, an instrument of force, best suited for mostly it's primary role, collective self defense (in an utterly brutal manner if needed). Men have traditionally been the warriors.
Women by nature, are nurturing. As such, if women start to gain power (say) over policy, they will try and make government do nurturing tasks. The result is an ever growing government taking aways functions of the marketplace. He stated the end result would be a slow decline due to Socialism being imposed. He stated that women and society would benefit if women didn't vote. I wish I could remember the author. It was from many decades ago (before PC)[Note: these are not my thoughts, just relaying what I read :) ]
Thank you for the most cogent response so far on this thread. Exactly right. Our Founders has great distrust of democracies. Madison has some very devastating critiques of democracies. It is a shame how the public schools have indoctrinated so many against liberty and limited government.
bump for later reading.
In his first State of the Union message in December 1829, Andrew Jackson asked Congress to send 3 constitutional amendments to the states for ratification.
None of Jackson's proposed amendments made it through Congress.
It should be noted that these ideas were percolating within government long before Debs.
and on top of this, I think one of the dumbest things that happened was the changes to the primary system, that took the nominations out of the “smoke filled rooms” and put them in the public’s hand. The only ones that have won from that mess are the media and advertisers.
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